US4255088A - Liquid pumping system having means for detecting gas in the pump - Google Patents
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- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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- G01F11/00—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it
- G01F11/02—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it with measuring chambers which expand or contract during measurement
- G01F11/021—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it with measuring chambers which expand or contract during measurement of the piston type
- G01F11/029—Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it with measuring chambers which expand or contract during measurement of the piston type provided with electric controlling means
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- This invention relates to liquid displacement pumps and the like and, in particular, to means for controlling the delivery rate thereof.
- the flow rate thereof can be critical.
- Illustrative of such fields are the pumping of physiological liquids in the medical field and the pumping of liquids in liquid chromotography systems.
- infusion pumps are employed where the liquid is precisely metered into a patient's circulatory system. It is typical in these systems to set a predetermined flow rate at which fluid is delivered, it being assumed that the fluid will indeed be delivered at the desired rate. However, if gas is present in the pump, the flow rate will typically be less than that required.
- FIG. 1 is a combined diagrammatic and block diagram of an illustrative liquid pumping system in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a pump pressure-piston position trace of an illustrative pump cycle of the system of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the motor control circuitry of FIG. 1.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 are respective block diagrams of the motor drive circuitry and the control logic circuitry of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the gas detector circuitry of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a modification of the gas detector circuitry of FIG. 6.
- a pump 10 is of the liquid displacement type which typically employs a piston 12 slidably disposed within a cylinder 14.
- the piston is driven by a motor 16, which typically is a brushless D.C. motor.
- Check valves 18 and 22 with associated springs 20 and 24 are typically employed whereby valve 18 opens to permit liquid delivery during downward movement of the piston and valve 22 opens to permit refill of the pump chamber during upward movement of the piston.
- the fluid is restrained from flowing either from or to the pump chamber for a portion of the pump cycle, this being accomplished by the check valves 18 and 22 in the illustrative embodiment of FIG. 1.
- a pressure transducer 28 which may be of a conventional type such as that illustrated in FIG. 6, is connected to the chamber of pump 10.
- a pressure transducer 28 which may be of a conventional type such as that illustrated in FIG. 6, is connected to the chamber of pump 10.
- advantage may be taken of the fact that the lower surface area of piston 12, of course, remains constant over a pump cycle.
- the volume change is a function of piston position.
- any signal proportional to this position may be employed such as pulses derived from a photo optical shaft encoder 30 or from the output of an LVDT 32.
- the pump pressure data and piston position data is applied to motor control circuitry 34, the purpose of which is to control motor 16 and thus, the delivery rate of pump 10.
- the desired liquid delivery is applied over line 36 and it is this rate which can be in error due to the presence of gas bubble 26 in the pump chamber.
- FIG. 2 there is shown an illustrative pump pressure-piston position trace.
- the pump piston moves from a raised position (in the example of FIG. 1), indicated at d 0 , to a lowered position d 2 while the pressure increases from p 0 to P 2 .
- the pump chamber is sealed. It is during this time that the compressibility data is obtained, as will be discussed hereinafter with respect to FIG. 6.
- the liquid is delivered from the pump chamber, after which the chamber is refilled as the piston retracts from d 2 back to d 0 .
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of illustrative motor control circuitry 34 of FIG. 1, which includes power supply 40, motor drive circuitry 42, control logic circuitry 44 and gas detector circuitry 46 where circuits 40,42 and 44 are incorporated in a pumping system (the IV5000 Pump) presently sold by the assignee of this application--that is, Valleylab, Inc. of Boulder, Colo.
- Circuitry 34 accepts inputs supplied via operator actuated controls as well as those generated within the electromechanical system and outputs signals to the windings of motor 16 and alert indicator lamps, an alert tone speaker, and a nurse call jack (the latter three components not being shown).
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of illustrative motor drive circuitry 42.
- Hall Effect devices in the motor provide coil sequencing information as well as incremental shaft position information to the motor circuits.
- a Hall output decoder and motor coil programmer 48 decodes Hall output waveforms to generate two Motor Rotation Pulses per revolution of the motor.
- a servo-system is provided using these pulses as feedback.
- the forward loop of the system consists of a D/A converter 50 which drives a programmable switching regulator 52, which in turn supplies voltage drive to motor 16.
- a digital error input to D/A converter 50 causes a motor voltage output.
- An up/down counter 54 provides the error signal.
- Motor Drive Pulses at the up count input give a positive error signal to the system; Motor Rotation Pulses at the down count input reduce the error number.
- An Initial Clear Pulse clears the counter at unit turn on.
- a negative count is decoded by a brake condition decoder 56 as a brake condition--that is, the motor has rotated beyond the number of rotations given by the input pulses.
- the Brake Pulse causes all motor coils to be energized for a short time after which an inhibit is supplied to the D/A output preventing further motion of the motor until the error number is again positive. If the motor rotation speed does not keep up with the motor drive pulse rate, the error count will not reach equilibrium. In this case a maximum error number is detected and interpreted as a system failure.
- An Internal Fault Decoder 58 supplies this information to control logic circuitry 44 via the Internal Fault 1 output.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of control logic circuitry 44.
- the functions of this portion of the electronics may be summarized as follows: (1) generate Motor Drive Pulses whose rate is proportional to the infusion rate number which is set on the BCD Flow Rate Selector; (2) activate the proper alert indicator lamps for the various conditions which are monitored via logic inputs supplied from the electromechanical system; and (3) transmit either Infusion Rate or no pulses to motor drive circuitry 42 depending upon monitor logic inputs present.
- a first logic input to the control logic circuitry 44 is a flow rate selector switch (not shown) which is connected to line 36.
- the flow rate selector switch a three digit thumbwheel switch, is located on the front panel.
- the output of the switch is a digital BCD code of the set number typically indicating infusion rate in ml/hr and is, in particular, applied to a fluid delivery pulse generator 60, which will be described in more detail hereinafter.
- the flow rate setting may be limited mechanically to the range 000. to 499. ml/hr.
- Overpressure, Underpressure and Excessive Gas signals are generated by gas detector circuitry 46 and also applied to control logic circuitry 44 and, in particular to logic circuitry 62. If in the process of pumping, the positive pressure in the pump chamber exceeds the preset limit, P d in FIG. 2, the Overpressure signal is generating thereby signaling a distal line occlusion. Likewise, if while pumping, the negative pressure in the pump chamber exceeds the preset lower limit, P a in FIG. 2, the Underpressure signal is generated, signaling a proximal line occlusion (empty bottle). If excessive gas is present in the pump chamber, the Excessive Gas signal is generated. Further, as will be discussed hereinafter with respect to FIG. 7, the amount of gas detected in the pump chamber can be utilized to correct rate errors due to gas by varying the displacement rate. Inputs O 1 and O 2 to logic circuitry 62 are employed for this purpose.
- a Refill Trigger signal is generated by the momentary closure of a microswitch (not shown) that is actuated once every pump cycle in the aforesaid IV 5000 Pump. This signal occurs at the end point of the outward motion of pump 10 and is applied to control logic circuitry 44. At this point, the electronic mechanism speeds up for quick refilling of the pump.
- An Initial Clear signal is generated in power supply 40 whenever unit power is turned on. The purpose of this signal is to clear all counters and latching logic in the system.
- the Internal Fault signal is generated by internal fault decoder 58 of Motor Drive Circuitry 42. This feedback input indicates a system failure in that the motor speed is not tracking the Motor Drive Pulse rate being delivered.
- Infusion rate accuracy is maintained through the use of a crystal oscillator 64 with a typically better than 0.01% overall frequency accuracy.
- the crystal frequency typically 2.275556 MHz. drives 25 stages of binary countdown. These counter outputs are decoded to generate the various timing signals required.
- Clk1 and Clk2 are master clocks of the same frequency (69.445 Hz.) but opposite phase.
- a Flash Signal for the indicator lamps is a square wave at 1.085 Hz.
- the pump cycle is partitioned into two sections: fluid delivery stroke and pump refill stroke. During each cycle, one-half cycle of the pump is required for the delivery stroke and one-half cycle for the refill stroke.
- the motor speed is controlled by whatever flow rate is selected.
- the motor In the refill stroke, the motor is maintained at a constant speed which is approximately twice the fastest delivery stroke speed.
- a gear reduction (not shown) at the motor output sets the number of pulses required for each pump cycle at 100.
- Fluid delivery pulse generator 60 comprises a series of BCD rate multipliers which accept the Flow Rate Selector BCD numbers and Ck1 pulses as inputs. Depending on whether O 1 or O 2 are logical true, a BCD input may also be applied over dashed line 66. The output is a pulse train whose rate is proportional to the BCD input. The flow rate pulse frequency is set so that exactly 50 pulses are delivered in the time required for the fluid delivery stroke of the pump cycle at any given infusion rate input.
- a 50 pulse triggered generator 68 supplies the remaining drive pulses during the pump refill stroke. Upon a trigger to generator 68, a burst of 50 Ck2 pulses is gated to its output. The Trigger signal is supplied once per pump cycle via the Refill Trigger Signal. The combination of 50 Delivery Rate Pulses and 50 Refill (Ck2) pulses drive the pump one complete cycle. Repetition rate of the pump cycle is thus achieved as a function of Flow Rate Selector setting and the input on line 66.
- An Output Pulse Gating Circuit 70 transmits a combination of Delivery Rate Pulses and Refill Pulses (collectively Motor Drive Pulses) to Motor Drive Circuitry 42 depending on the condition of the Stop Delivery input. A true condition on the Stop Delivery input inhibits transmission of normal Delivery Rate and Refill Pulses.
- Logic Circuitry 62 supplies control signals required for output pulse gating as well as alert indication. Particular output signals generated are: (1) Stop Delivery which is logical true for true conditions of Overpressure, Underpressure, Internal Fault 1, Internal Fault 2 or Excessive Gas; (2) Fault Alert, which is true if either Internal Fault 1 or Internal Fault 2 are true; (3) Distal Occlusion, which is true when the Overpressure input is true; (4) Proximal Occlusion, which is true when the Underpressure input is true; (5) Excessive Gas output, which is true when the Excessive Gas input is true; (6) Alert Signal, which is true for all of the Stop Delivery conditions; and (7) Cycle Reset, which is true coincident with a Refill Trigger input or whenever the Initial Clear Pulse is supplied. While the system is pumping, the Cycle Reset signal occurs once per cycle.
- An Internal Fault Check Counter 72 is a binary up counter which counts the number of pulses transmitted to motor drive circuitry 42 during a pump cycle. The counter is cleared by the Cycle Reset signal. Average count per cycle should be 100. If the Refill Trigger is not being supplied to the logic circuitry, (i.e. pump not pumping, Refill Switch not functioning, or Motor Drive Pulses not being counted by the motor drive circuitry 42) the count will continue to accumulate. A maximum count of 128 is detected as a system failure and Internal Fault 2 signal is supplied to the logic circuitry 62.
- Indicator lamp drivers 74 supply power to the Alert and Occlusion Indicator lamps (not shown) as a function of the input conditions present.
- Alert Indicator power is supplied continuously whenever the Alert input is true and the Fault Alert input is not true.
- the Alert Indicator power is controlled by the Flash Signal which is supplied from Timing Circuit 64.
- Occlusion Indicator power is supplied continuously if the Alert and Distal Occlusion inputs are true.
- Occlusion Indicator power is controlled by the Flash Signal.
- Excessive Gas Indicator power may be supplied either continuously or under the control of the Flash Signal when the Excessive Gas and Alert inputs are true. Alert input is always true if either Occlusion or the Excessive Gas input is true, or if the Keep Open input (not shown) is true.
- Illustrative gas detector circuitry 46 together with illustrative pressure transducer 28 is shown in FIG. 6. Basically, circuitry 46 obtains compressibility data by determining the change of pump pressure with respect to change in pump volume to thus determine the amount of gas, if any, present in pump 10.
- Pressure transducer 28 may be a resistance-bridge where the resistors shown as variable change with pressure, this being a typical transducer network where any of a large variety of transducers can be used.
- Three interconnected amplifiers A 1 , A 2 and A 3 are equivalently a single high grade instrumentation operational amplifier.
- Resistors R 1 and R17-R20 are trip level adjustments for pressure comparators A 4 , A 5 , A 6 , A 7 .
- R17-R20 are individual adjustments and R 1 affects all points. Only two adjustments are also possible--that is, gain and zero with the interrelationship among the trip pressures defined by precision resistors alone.
- Comparators A 4 -A 7 trip at pressures P a -P d respectively, the latter pressures being shown in FIG. 2.
- a 4 and A 7 are the limit under and over pressures respectively, and are not involved with gas detection per se.
- Pressures P b and P c fall within the sealed-system slope discussed hereinbefore with respect to FIG. 2.
- the logic is arranged so that counter U 3 counts line pulses between P b and P c .
- These can be any signals or pulses proportional to pump piston position. In the present embodiment, they are the Motor Rotation Pulses, which are counted via NAND gate U 1c . They could be pulses from photo optical shaft angle encoder 30 or pulses derived from the output of LVDT 32.
- Counter U 3 commences counting the Motor Rotation Pulses when the output from A 2 exceeds the reference potential established by potentiometer R 19 to thereby switch the output of A 6 and reset latch U 1a , U 1b so that U 1c is conditioned to pass the Motor Rotation Pulses to U 3 .
- latch U 1a , U 1b is set by the switched output of A 5 to thereby prevent further application of the Motor Rotation Pulses of U 3 .
- the count of U 3 is indicative of the slope of the line representing the sealed portion of the pump delivery cycle as shown in FIG. 2.
- the number of Motor Rotation pulses which occur between d b , the piston position at pressure P b , and d c , the piston position at pressure P c is indicative of the slope of the sealed portion line, as can be seen in FIG. 2.
- the output of U 3 is read by NAND gate U 2a which may, for example, be sensitive to the binary number 11 (decimal 3).
- output latch U 2b , U 2c is set and the Excessive Gas signal is generated to thereby stop the system although this signal does not necessarily have to stop the system. Rather, only an Excessive Gas lamp may be illuminated, this being indicated as LED 1 in FIG. 6. Reset occurs when INITIAL CLEAR is activated (driven to logic zero). This occurs when the power switch is turned off then on again.
- the circuitry of FIG. 7 is a modification of the circuitry of FIG. 6, which corrects the fluid displacement rate due to the presence of air (or gas) assuming there are typical pumping pressures.
- This circuitry is connected to U 3 in place of that employed in FIG. 6.
- the second output is O 1 .
- One pulse is counted between P b and P c and a slight increase in stroke rate is required to correct for air contained in the pump.
- the output of U 3 is 01 which is detected by inverters I 1 and I 2 , NAND gate U 3a and latch U 4a , U 4b to provide the O 1 output.
- the third output of the FIG. 7 circuitry is O 2 .
- Two pulses are counted between P b and P c , and a large increase in stroke rate is required to compensate for gas in the pump.
- a 10 output from U 3 is detected by NAND gate U 3b and latch U 5a , U 5b to provide the O 2 output.
- the last output is the Excessive Gas output where three pulses are counted between P b and P c .
- the 11 output of U 3 is detected by NAND gate U 3c and latch U 6a , U 6b .
- Changes can occur in the pressure baseline, this corresponding to pressure P o in FIG. 2.
- the baseline can change with variations in (a) input and/or output valve pressure drops, (b) input head pressure or (c) output head pressure. It is possible to sweep the midpoint of P b and P c over some expected range and look for the minimum count (maximum slope) over the sweep range, although this would substantially increase hardware complexity.
- the present embodiment of the invention gives usable information for many applications including the use in a medical infusion pump.
- One feature which may be useful is the examination for stroke to stroke repeatability.
- the reason for this is that during initial set-up the input and/or output head pressure may be different from the steady state value. As previously mentioned, this could cause a baseline shift which could throw the system off the proper portion of the pressure-position loop. Since the anticipated slope is normally the steepest slope, this kind of behavior would normally result in the detection of a less-steep slope (more counts) and possibly a false detection of contained gas.
- Several corrections are possible. First, there may be obtained an N stroke running average of slope possibly with initially expanded sensitivity so that during the first few strokes gross errors would be detected, but smaller baseline discrepancies would be ignored. During the subsequent strokes, the sensitivities would gradually increase to the final value. Next, the first M strokes may be ignored on the air detector output. Finally, a requirement may be made that at least a certain number of strokes have the same output from the air detection/correction network.
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